The Washington Post – Valerie Strauss
“For many years, it was taken as a given that between 40 and 50 percent of public and private school teachers leave by the end of the fifth year of starting their career…In April, new federal data said that 17 percent of new public school teachers leave their jobs after four years…Whatever the actual percentage is, it is a reality that a lot of teachers leave. The question is why, and the answers are many. This post, by Louisiana teacher Alice Trosclair, looks at some of those reasons and offers solutions…It is a difficult job and not everyone can do it, but what would happen if no one wanted to do it? We have to help the teachers we have, and find a way to encourage more to enter the profession. A world without teachers is one without a future.”(more)